Safety scotch hook



Jan. 7 1936. J, MOK, KINISON 2,026,982

SAFETY SCOTCH HOQK Filed May 20, 1 955 Invenlor Jase/7%? Zayim Z5070.

By QM A Home};

Patented Jan. 7, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates broadly to a device for anchoring or holdingrolling stock, such as mine cars and the like against accidentalmovement along the rails during a loading of the car, and what iscommonly known in the art as a safety scotch. More particularly theinvention is concerned with an improved hook for engaging one end of thecable part of the scotch with the mine car or other rolling stock.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be bestunderstood from a study of the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view illustrating the application of theinvention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the rail engaging member forming part of theinvention.

Figure 3 is a view with the rail in section and showing the railengaging member applied thereto.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals it will be seen that theimproved scotch comprises a rail engaging member indicated generally bythe reference numeral 5 connected by a flexible member 6, the same beingpreferably in the nature of a steel rope, with a hook 1 involving thefeatures of the present invention adapted to engage over an edge of onewall of the mine car or the like 8 as clearly shown in Figure 1.

The rail engaging member or clip 5 in the preferred embodiment thereofcomprises a flat bar 9 having a reversely bent end Ill disposed in aplane to flatly engage the inclined face of the base flange of the railH at one side of the web of the flange as clearly shown in Figure 6.Riveted or otherwise secured to the bar 9 intermediate its ends as at 12is a clamping lug l3 having a part disposed in anti-clinal relation tothe clamping part In of the bar 9 and adapted to flatly engage thesloping or inc-lined face of the base flange of the rail II at the sideof the web opposite to the clamp member 10 as also shown in Figure 3. Atits free end the bar 9 is provided with an aperture for receiving asuitably formed. loop 6a provided at one end of the cable or rope 6.

The hook I of the present invention is preferably formed from a singlelength of wire rod or the like bent and shaped to provide the hookproper the bill of which is reversely bent upon itself as at M andterminates in an angularly disposed end providing a handle [5 for thehook to facilitate the handling of the hook and the engagement of thesame over the edge of the wall of the mine car or the like 8. The shankpart of the hook is flat and provided with an aperture to receive asuitably formed loop 6b on an end of the cable or rope 6 as shown inFigure 1.

In actual practice, the member 5 is applied to the rail by placing thebar at substantially right angles to the rail and engaging the lug l3with the base flange at one side of the rail. The bar 9 is then rotatedin a substantially clockwise direction vertically to move the bar intosubstantially flat transverse engagement with the base flange, when thebar 9 is then pulled toward the operator transversely of the rail toengage the hook or lug I0 with the base flange at the side of the web ofthe rail opposite to the lug l3 when the parts are then in the positionshown in Figure 3.

From the above it will be apparent that with the member 5 thus engagedwith the rail the hook I is engaged over an end wall of the mine car 8and any pull exerted on the cable 6 due to the tendency of the car 8 tomove will cause the member 5 to swing so that the bar 9 thereof extendsobliquely of the rail resulting in a binding action of the members It]and I3 on the flange of the rail and thereby secure the car 8 againstfurther movement. Thus the loading of the car 8 may be attended to withsafety to the miner.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a hook for use in connection with amine car scotch and comprising a shank having an integral bill at one 35end, and said bill having a reverse bend merging into an integral handleextending laterally from the hook intermediate the ends of said shank.

2. For use with a mine car scotch, having a flexible element connectedthereto; a hook for detachably connecting one end of the flexibleelement with a mine car, said hook being formed from a single length ofmaterial shape-d and directed to provide a substantially longitudinallycurved shank merging at one end in a curved bill having a reverse bendterminating at the side of the shank opposite to the bill in a laterallyextending integral handle.

JESSE MCKINLEY KINISON.

